Boilermaker / Welders | $50 / hr

Accurate Recruitment; Queensland; On-site; AUD 57,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Accurate Recruitment is seeking a hands-on Welder in Clontarf to join an established trade team in a busy structural steel workshop. You will perform MIG welding on structural steel components and read drawings to tight tolerances, with a 6:00 am to 4:00 pm shift and a pay rate of $50.00 per hour.

Ideal candidates hold a Certificate III in Engineering (Fabrication Trade) and can pass a practical weld test, with preference for those experienced in structural steel fabrication.

Qualifications

• Certificate III in Engineering (Fabrication Trade) or equivalent.
• Ability to pass a practical weld test.
• Confident reading structural steel/fabrication drawings.
• Physically capable of sustained hands-on trade work.
• Background in structural steel fabrication highly regarded.
• Overhead crane, forklift, or dogging/rigging tickets highly regarded but not essential.

Responsibilities

• MIG weld structural steel components to a high standard.
• Mark out and set out fabrications from drawings to tight tolerances.
• Fit and assemble beams, columns, cleats, base plates and trusses — tack before weld-out.
• Read and interpret fabrication drawings, weld symbols and cutting lists.
• Managing distortion control and weld sequencing on larger fabrications.
• Working independently from shop drawings with minimal supervision.
• Maintaining a clean, tidy and safe workshop.

Skills

MIG welding

Reading drawings

Fabrication experience

Hands-on trade work

Structural steel fabrication

Education

Certificate III in Engineering (Fabrication Trade)

Tools

Overhead crane

Forklift

Job description

Join an established, experienced trade team in a busy structural steel workshop. This is a hands‑on fabrication role working with structural steel (mild steel) in Clontarf.

$50.00 / hr

6.00am to 4.00pm

Key responsibilities

• MIG welding structural steel components to a high standard
• Marking out and setting out fabrications from drawings to tight tolerances
• Fitting and assembling beams, columns, cleats, base plates and trusses — tacking up square and true before weld‑out
• Reading and interpreting fabrication drawings, weld symbols and cutting lists
• Managing distortion control and weld sequencing on larger fabrications
• Working independently from shop drawings with minimal supervision
• Maintaining a clean, tidy and safe workshop

About you

• Certificate III in Engineering (Fabrication Trade) or equivalent
• Ability to pass a practical weld test as part of the selection process
• Confident reading structural steel/fabrication drawings
• Physically capable of sustained hands‑on trade work
• Background in structural steel fabrication highly regarded
• Overhead crane, forklift, or dogging/rigging tickets highly regarded but not essential